The Indus Civilization c9.20

c9.20

The visitor to the museum at Mohenjo-daro is always struck by the number and beautiful workmanship of the many miniature vessels found on the site, which in some cases are less than half an inch high. Although pottery specimens are quite numerous, the majority are made of faience, and it has been suggested that they once held rare and costly scented oils. This is quite a tenable theory, although the presence of an exceptionally well-made miniature offering-stand with a top too flat to hold anything suggests that some of these minute vessels may have served as toys; but even in this case it is quite likely that the stand may have been used to distribute the scent.